Barrios Mangoré, Augustín - Julia Florida - D08

[lagartija]

Thank you, Cass! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
for listening.

[oski79]

Well done, Lagartija! I learned JF a few years ago. My teacher at the time described it as the most perfectly composed piece he knew. I just love playing it, and I can tell from your recording that you do, too.

[lagartija]

Thank you for listening, Oski! Yes, it is such a beautiful piece. A love song... a lullaby... and the soothing motion of the boat on the water.


I find that I like a lot of Barrios' work. Someday.... La Cathedral.

[Duang Turongratanachai]

I love this piece but have never tried to learn. Now you have inspired me to...

Duang

[lagartija]

for listening, Duang. I'm glad I could inspire you to try to learn the piece.

[TheCardMaker]

I'd be delighted if that were me playing, thank you for sharing - it is beautifully played

[razz]

I like it too. Great sound

[lagartija]

I'd be delighted if that were me playing, thank you for sharing - it is beautifully played

Thank you, CardMaker, that is very kind of you to say.

I like it too. Great sound

Thank you, Razz. It helps to have a lovely sounding guitar!


I looked at my practice log to see when I started to work on this piece. It was a year and 8 months ago that I began and I've put in about 188 hours on it over that time period. It takes me a while to get to this point in a piece.
A labor of love, as they say!

[lucy]

Well played lagartija! How nice to hear an upload from you.

I looked at my practice log to see when I started to work on this piece. It was a year and 8 months ago that I began and I've put in about 188 hours on it over that time period. It takes me a while to get to this point in a piece.
A labor of love, as they say!

That's incredibly scientific of you to record your practice like that! I wouldn't worry about the time it takes, it's definitely a labour of love. Wasn't it Julian Bream who said he never performed anything, unless he'd played it for a year, and never recorded a piece until he'd had two years of playing it.

[lagartija]

Well played lagartija! How nice to hear an upload from you.

I'm glad you liked it, Lucy!

That's incredibly scientific of you to record your practice like that! I wouldn't worry about the time it takes, it's definitely a labour of love. Wasn't it Julian Bream who said he never performed anything, unless he'd played it for a year, and never recorded a piece until he'd had two years of playing it.

Well... I *was* trained as a scientist and spent my career doing engineering type tasks, so I suppose it is not really a surprise.
I'm not really worried about the time it takes. I have noticed that it takes me about 75 hours of work on a piece like Julia Florida before it starts to sound like "music" and I am playing it fluently. I need to play something for at least a year for it to settle in and hold up under the pressure of performance....so in that, it appears that I am in good company!
for listening.

[kirolak]

Gorgeous sound & lovely interpretation

[lagartija]

Gorgeous sound & lovely interpretation

I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for listening, Kirolak.

[Goose997]

hi Lagartija

Nicely played! You are an inspiration - I also started playing guitar only close to my fifties. So, I admire your perseverance!

[lagartija]

hi Lagartija

Nicely played! You are an inspiration - I also started playing guitar only close to my fifties. So, I admire your perseverance!

Thank you, Malan! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm also happy to be an inspiration to you in your efforts to explore music starting later in life. Keep at it!

[Julian Ward]

Lovely sound Largertija. It's a beautiful piece and one I never learned. I see so many people play it, perhaps I should.